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Anonymous
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here's a good looking A1 I 'd like to reproduce
don't know if it's accurate, but I like it
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here's a good looking A1 I 'd like to reproduce
don't know if it's accurate, but I like it
airfrogusmc
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Heres a photo of an original.
This was originally posted in the A-1 thread by Dr H
This was originally posted in the A-1 thread by Dr H
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Falcon_52
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The first jacket picture looks sort of like The Few's version with the outer sleeve seam rotated forward to line up with the top shoulder seam. The pockets do seem a little bit large though. On the Eastman: is it just me or do the shoulders on the older Eastman version look odd? Their newer version is cut much better.
Noel
Noel
Dr H
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It's not just you Noel - you're right, I believe that the older ELC was drawn up from a restored (but incomplete) A-1. The current, trimmer version was based on the fab 38 that Gary has on the site and this allowed him to get the pattern down really well, making the torso/shoulders just right.
Dr H
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Dear Jeff
I've owned three examples of the current ELC A-1 in capeskin (and my 44, bought from John, CBI) is my regular daily wearer.
I don't have a micrometer here, but I estimate that the cape is around 1 mm (or just under) as the folded edge is around 2 mm. All of the seams are neatly folded on the ELC A-1 so it's not as easy to estimate as a raw seam.
The hide is thicker than the Italian cape that JC used recently (that was about 0.8 mm), but less thick than the older domestic capeskin, which was around 1.5 mm, although very soft and extremely close to the look, colour and feel of my capeskin AN-J-3 from 1943.
The ELC A-1 is a lovely jacket to wear - I only leave it behind when the thermometer climbs into the high 20s Celsius.
The hide has a great hand as well - take a look at Alan's (Persimmon) images to see just how well it folds and wears. Initially I was concerned that the hide looked a little bland, but it develops great grain and character really quickly with no effort.
You can't go wrong with this one - just be careful with sizing as its a slender, trim fitting jacket.
The tailoring is exceptionally good - the stitch count is higher than the A-2 and much closer to the folded edges with double lines of stitching.
Best
Ian
I've owned three examples of the current ELC A-1 in capeskin (and my 44, bought from John, CBI) is my regular daily wearer.
I don't have a micrometer here, but I estimate that the cape is around 1 mm (or just under) as the folded edge is around 2 mm. All of the seams are neatly folded on the ELC A-1 so it's not as easy to estimate as a raw seam.
The hide is thicker than the Italian cape that JC used recently (that was about 0.8 mm), but less thick than the older domestic capeskin, which was around 1.5 mm, although very soft and extremely close to the look, colour and feel of my capeskin AN-J-3 from 1943.
The ELC A-1 is a lovely jacket to wear - I only leave it behind when the thermometer climbs into the high 20s Celsius.
The hide has a great hand as well - take a look at Alan's (Persimmon) images to see just how well it folds and wears. Initially I was concerned that the hide looked a little bland, but it develops great grain and character really quickly with no effort.
You can't go wrong with this one - just be careful with sizing as its a slender, trim fitting jacket.
The tailoring is exceptionally good - the stitch count is higher than the A-2 and much closer to the folded edges with double lines of stitching.
Best
Ian
John Lever
Moderator
Ian,
I sent him a link.
I sent him a link.
John Lever
Moderator
Some of the TW A-1's look good to me.
